New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25
HOLIDAYS At TUXEDO PACK.
SKATING, coAsrING, SHOOTING AND ALL THE IN
DOOR SPORTS or WINTER ENJOYED By A CROWD


SKATING cOAsrING, SHOOTING AND ALL THE IN
DOOR SPORTS or WINTER ENJOYED By A CRowI
OF GUESTS
TUXEDO, Dec. "a (Speciai. Tuxedo Park bound NJ
In Ice and snow Is ideal spot to spend the holiday
week 1t is like a huge old country place thar
club, and all that modern ingenuity do has been
done for the comfort OF the club members and thel
guests. Each train to day has come I'm laden with
Passengers. who have broi ght with them their great
coats and listers, for Tuxedo is degrees colder
than Ncw-York. and the lies thick the ground
making sielghng, cOasting and tobogganing capital
skating on the pond Is excellent, eighteen
acres frozen over the Ice being fOm
cigir to ten inches thick BY far the most graceful
skaters are Miss Sallic Hewitt and Miss Eleanor Ilew-
1T, the daughters of Mayor Hewitt. They have
in their party Miss Ferguson. Of Eng
land. No Improvement made has been more welcome
than the electric light which has been introduced
throughout the club house and cottages Recently the
on most lavish scale and HE plazzas fo,tOond Will
glass windows, that one plomenado indoors with
tn temperature of florida and look out upon the snow
clal hills and fee covered lakes. Tho decorations are
on most lavish scale and the piazza fcstoncd with
rope, of spruce aud homlocl IL required nearly four
thousand yards Of fo~toOning for these decorations.
At frequent intervals among these glrland of ever
giccn, arr suspended electric lights covered with gro
tcSIuc Chinese lanterns which give look Of fairy
land To the place. Everything suggests welcome.
Even the picturesque little station l. trimmed with
Christmas greens and along tho drives are boniire,
The great illumlnaion> will later and lnor
csilne programme has boon mapped ont for the coming
week a. follows Montay-thc great pigeon shoot with
four prizes Of silver cups valued at 5000 I'm the even
Ing tOpogsaning; Tuesday evening -coastng by moon
light "Wednesday evening dance Thursday evening
grand illumination of tho tobUgsan. slide; Friday
evening iilcwOIk, on the mountains and lee carnival
sauriay night, New Years eve, Will be the might OF
the week and great Interest Is shown In the grab bag
The OF 400 has been expended Ia prizes OF differ
cnt value. There Will also be toys and jmcrack-. the
drawing of wrlcn Will alori much Amusement. Added
Ia all This will be- a diamond butterfly the gift Of
MI L0rldd, and chances FOR grab viii be sold az ~
each. Evory will draw some hing The pigeon
shoot morrow morning /. likely 10 BE- exciting
one. IhcIo several good shot here notably Fred
Haley. Julian Potter, T. Burnett BALDWIN and Goold
Redmond. Tho Lio,t noted -no, however, + sir
Richard Nuslravc, OF England VINO ha- been a. the
cub several days. lie won the long distance cham
pon-uIp al birmingham, standing al thirty yards ;
also the = ampiOnshp at Monte carlo, ana the grand
To- m.ct the club house 4. fun and there Is an ufor-
maj dane. LANDER orchestra arrived TO day ana Wall
remain mnt January 3.
Among rho.e wh5 have taken rooms for the week
are MAYOR ard Mrs, 4 : Hewitt Mr. and Mrs.. Cooper
Hewitt Mrs Burke Roche T. q. llauiron, Mr. ana Mis-.
T. Il. hal,ry. J. H. I,,.laan, R.~'Gn IL. noaal'y'
I2nad-. y" g. p9yc. sdGcy Pion lpry ioh no r.
"n,d :, sc,i"o. r.. Alfonso De navarro. C. l.
walsh. Janc- T.. Lo,d " \ wilkes. W. II. Tlingha-t.
Gc,re' G. DcWtrt. J. o. Grcen. W. Feil9we- Morgan,
Travis c. Nauburcn. G. II. Hartman Duucan cam.
ere. f. y. Dcfcr-on. r.. wendell Goodwin. J.
Julian Potter. Slr Kichlrd Mu- glavc. Mr..
Clarence cary. Jonn'hor H. rurt. f. Il. Hewitt,
H. !. War.l J. Trcdc-r I'creon. j L. Hartman. j. H.
Dab Fdwsrd Komoys. i. D. Morgan, pion' !. Is.
Baldwin. T. Dufus Harris. Fernando lzunca {. /.
20 Hams ". ". Hartman, IichrI X. Bishop. james l.
I!iecIt and +. T. Gilbert .
+ y Carlcv hi- iu hi- cottage Mr. and Mrs L VI
Hunt. jr. and large pHtN Mr.. S,r"3' l'y'or'
%, California ard Nil TayloI arc In the PEN" l"r
rlarl COTTAGE and w Krnt w-l party. las fhr cot
ta-r 81 Pierre Lnrnrd. r. Nh and Mr. Paul. TUCK
crnan AMI Chester H. Davis have La &c parties in their
cottages
Tuxedo cannot Icru 10 meet the demands t'r rorr,
Not only arr ihr ont of door -pori- tillv cn"ych
but the bowling a!lcys and Billiard rooms a. we'll